About this blog

This blog is about old trucks and any other historical matters that I feel like writing about. John and I have four old trucks, a 1976 N1025 Volvo, which John purchased new, a 1974 1418 Mercedes Benz, a 1989 Volvo 12 Intercooler and a 1973 F86 Volvo which is also known as 'the Bubble'. John is a Cartage Contractor and has driven and owned trucks for over 50 years.

About Me

I am the Local History Librarian at at Public Library Service in the south-east suburbs of Melbourne. I am also the President of the Koo-Wee-Rup Swamp Historical Society, the secretary of the South Eastern Historical Association and the Trafalgar Truck Restorers Club.

Sunday, October 30, 2016

We took our 1989 N12 Volvo Intercooler and 1976 Freighter trailer on Crawlin' the Hume on April 16 2016. The trip started at Ford Broadmeadows and arrived at Winton Raceway for lunch and then went on to Albury. We took photos at Broadmeadows and Winton, not every truck, as we didn't get the opportunity to do that but what we took are in these four posts. This post, Part 1, has all the truck makes alphabetically from Atkinson to Foden. Part 2 has the Fords and Internationals, click here to view. Part 3 has the Kenworths, click here to view. Part 4 has the Macks all the way through the alphabet to the Whites, click here to view.

This was taken at the start of the trip at Ford Broadmeadows, where all the trucks had to register.

Another shot at Ford Broadmeadows

Lunchtime at Winton Raceway

Winton Raceway

Winton Raceway

Winton Raceway

Winton Raceway - members of the public had an opportunity to view the trucks, so it was very crowded.

These are photos we took on Crawlin' the Hume on April 16 2016. This post, Part 1, has all the truck makes alphabetically from Atkinson to Foden. Part 2 has the Fords and Internationals, click here to view. Part 3 has the Kenworths, click here to view. Part 4 has the Macks all the way through the alphabet to the Whites, click here to view.

We took our 1989 Volvo Intercooler and 1976 Freighter trailer on Crawlin' the Hume on April 16 2016. The trip started at Ford Broadmeadows and arrived at Winton Raceway for lunch and then went on to Albury. We took photos at Broadmeadows and Winton, not every truck, as we didn't get the opportunity to do that but what we took are in these four posts. This is Part 2 of our photos and shows the Fords and Internationals. Part 1 has all the truck makes alphabetically from Atkinson to Foden, click here to view. Part 3 has the Kenworths, click here to view. Part 4 has the Macks all the way through the alphabet to the Whites, click here to view.

We'll start the Fords with Phil White's Louisville painted in Edyvane's of Pakenham colours. You can see it again, below, arriving at Winton.

The last of the Fords

Here are the Internationals

Colin Hook's International

John Wright's Inter

Alan Taylor's Transtar

Jon Mancer's Inter in original condition

George Pyer's Inter 180

These are photos we took on Crawlin' the Hume on April 16 2016. This post, Part 2, has the Fords and Internationals. Part 1 has the truck makes alphabetically from Atkinson to Foden, click here to view. Part 3 has the Kenworths, click here to view. Part 4 has the Macks all the way through the alphabet to the Whites, click here to view.